Word: fervor
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...Then messages came from his old friends Baseball Fan Jim Farley and Archbishop Spellman, finally official notification from. Apostolic Delegate Cicognani. When he was sure, Cardinal-designate Glennon spoke like a loyal St. Louisan: "The Holy Father didn't forget St. Louis. . . . Our Catholic people show greater fervor, more unity of spirit, deeper interest in Catholic activities the world over. The Holy Father must have had these things in mind when he gave the occupant of this see the Cardinal's hat, the first city west of the Mississippi to attain this honor...
Germany's traditional and somber Repentance Day, almost forgotten under the Nazis, was celebrated with special fervor this year. Portly, bald Theology Professor Heinrich Vogel of the University of Berlin wrote a special prayer for the occasion. In the Evangelical churches (about 1,500) of Berlin and Brandenburg synod, German heads bowed piously to its words...
Also a Floor Show. Outside the drab Palace of Justice, the citizens of ancient Nürnberg expended little thought or care on their former leaders. Once, in this very town, they had cheered them year after year with apoplectic fervor. Now, one of them said: "The trials? Na ja. Of course criminals should be brought to trial. It isn't the fault of us poor people." Said another: "You accuse them of making war. Are you not preparing new wars...
Week after week, in his weekly Uomo Qualunque (TIME, Sept. 24), Editor Giannini proclaims the word with rising fervor. "It is my son's loss [in the war] that makes me hate politicians' interference. From my sorrow was born the idea of Uomo Qualunque. Bereaved fathers will always understand each other if politicians do not interfere." Uomo Qualunque's circulation rose on this rhetoric to 800,000, Italy's highest...
Amidst the fine fervor and high purposes of the meeting, the 43 delegations could not fail to be aware of a 44th. Russia, apparently quite satisfied with its answer to the problems and not interested in hearing anyone else's, sent no delegation...